Billiard-cushion



(No Model.)

S. DB GAETANO BILLIARD GUSHIOI I.

No. 578,009. Patented Mar. 2, 1897.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

STEPHEN DE GAETANO, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BILLIARD-CU SHION.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 578,009, dated March 2,1897.

Application filed June 23, 1896. Serial No. 596,572. No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STEPHEN D E GAETANO, a citizen of the UnitedStates,.and a resident of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBilliard-Cushions, of which the following is a specification.

My invention comprises the construction of the rubber cushion throughoutits entire length with an elastic strip of hair cloth curved incross-section andembedded in the rubber just beneath the upper surfaceand extending from near the outer to near the inner edge of said surfacefor the purpose of effecting a quick rebound with slight compression onthe impact with a ball, as will be hereinafter described and claimed,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1represents a top view of a portion of a billiard or pool table providedwith my present improvement, the rubber being partly broken away to showthe elastic strip within it. Fig. 2 is across-section of Fig. 1. Fig. 3is a cross-section of the cushion proper.

Before describing further the details of construction I will here statethat strips of textile material, including hair-cloth, have beenheretofore used to cover the concussionface of the rubber cushion ofbilliard-tables,

a is the elastic strip of one or more thicknesses of hair-cloth,embedded in the cushion B just beneath the upper surface of the latter.The strip a is curved in cross-section, preferably concavely when seenfrom above, as in Figs. 2 and 3, its edges 1) and c reaching nearlytothe upper, inner,and outer edges, respectively, of the triangular rubbercushion, so that when a ball strikes the edge at b it will rise slightlyby the impact, causing compression crosswise of the strip of hair-cloth,increasing the depth of the curvature or concavity at the centerthereof, where letter a is placed, setting the spring, so to say, which,resuming its normal position by the force of its elasticity,instantaneously rebounds the ball proportionately to the force ofimpact. This makes a very quick and yet comparatively soft cushion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- 1. In a billiard or pooltable, the combina tion,with the elastic cushion,of an elastic stripcurved in cross-section and embedded in and beneath the upper surface ofsaid cushion, between the upper outer and inner edges thereof.

2. In a billiard or pool table, the combination, with its elasticcushion, of a strip of haircloth curved in cross-section and embedded inand beneath the upper surface of said cushion, between the upper outerand inner edges thereof.

Signed at Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey,this 19th day of December, A. D. 1895.

STEPHEN DE GAETANO.

Witnesses:

A. W. ALMQVIST, E. A. WAHLBERG.

